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All I'm saying is that there are many, many people here on FR who for some reason are quick to blame the victim. They shoot from the hip for some odd motivation which I suspect is a Rush-like wannbe for "tough love", or seemingly like a tough-minded, "rugged individualist", and not recognize that there are many, many people out there who through no fault of their own end up with a lot of bad breaks. To sweep them all away under the rug of "it's your own fault you're broke so quit whining" is neither compassionate nor accurate. Life sometimes just isn't as straightforward as all that.

That's the problem, too much of a "Rush Limbaugh mentality." Sometimes I can't stand to listen to him anymore because of this and related issues. When Walter Williams comes on, in goes the 1980's era British "New Wave" tunes (I like the Police, Mister Mister, and Swing Out Sister as my faves, I was a teen in the 1980's, I'll be 40 this July) on my Walkman. Other times I float, perhaps landing on the local Christian station. Williams makes Rush sound compassionate. I'm sure if Rush saw you starving in the street, he would give you a sandwich and some help but I think he has lost a lot of contact on what it is like to be an average Joe. Sure, he worked for peanuts from time to time, but if he really crashed and burned, he could have always went back home to his family for a "timeout" until he figured out what to do next. I don't fault him for that, I just don't like the "blame the victim all the time" attitude that pervades the conservative side of the fence. Sure, there are times people make bad decisions and they pay for them and many times, they should but there is a lot of bad luck out there that can harm any of us. I don't wish anyone ill will and I hope that people who don't see it our way will learn compassion somehow. This is one Achilles heel, lack of compassion, where the liberal left criticizes us on and in this case, they are right. I don't dislike or hate anyone, I just want them to understand and then all of us come together to work for what is truly good for America. I think we have too much "me-ism" in America, too much selfishness.

Good post .....really bad things happen to people...I know.
I can count on one hand in 30 years I called in sick.

Although I always gave 110% things but went very bad.
I'm slowly pulling out of it but it's been an extremely stressful situation. At one point I could not find a job waiting tables...at 45. My wife left. It was Christmas and I was getting evicted from a lousy apartment. When the rest of my friends and family were very prosperous.

All that got me through was hope, prayer and guts.
After 31/2 bone grinding years the lights at the end of the tunnel. Still have to pay off a lot of debt. God tests people in different ways. You think some of the so called Christians on this thread....